Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] on [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The first is deflexion , where the problem is diplomatically passed on to someone else , sometimes neighbouring police stations , for neighbourhood men dislike straying into other patches , but also the DHSS and , most frequently , the council .
2 From the point of view of the tenant , he has the security of the rents payable by the subtenants , and is not called on to find income from other resources .
3 Thirdly , when patients are funded privately in NHS pay beds data are collected by regional health authorities as part of their NHS monitoring , but the information is not passed on to purchasers since it is not covered by contracts .
4 Investment business from a non-UK office , however , is not regulated business ( and is thus within the foreign business carve-out ) if : ( 1 ) It is not carried on with or for customers in the UK .
5 Of course , the debate is not carried on in these terms .
6 However , the firm will have to make the prescribed disclosure that all or most of the FSA protections do not apply if ( even though it does not have to do so ) it tells a private customer that it is a member of SFA or is otherwise FSA-authorised ; or ( 2 ) It is carried on with or for customers in the UK , but the FSA 's overseas person exemption would have applied if that non-UK office had been a separate person from the UK office ( see page 40 above and also below ) or , presumably , is outside the territorial scope of the FSA in any event ; or ( 3 ) The business is that of an appointed representative of the firm and is not carried on in the UK .
7 WHAT music would the Transport Secretary , John MacGregor , choose if he is ever invited on to Desert Island Discs ?
8 The cost of the telephone call is usually passed on to the guest .
9 The routine for rigging and de-rigging is usually passed on by word of mouth , or is self-taught .
10 However , schools plan their staffing levels at least three months earlier and the timetable is usually worked on throughout the summer term .
11 ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game .
12 The Labour Party 's ‘ Irish unity ’ excuse is a logical nonsense and it is usually tagged on as an afterthought to the comradely talk about the SDLP .
13 In the case of muscle it seems that there is a master gene controlling the expression of all the main genes , known as myogenin and it is always switched on in mature muscle cells .
14 Below are the views expressed by the late to all his students at the beginning of an embalming course and believes the advice given , which is still passed on to 's own students , is still relevant today :
15 From now on applying any more brake really can spell disaster , for the normal mortal at least , because much of the weight is still thrown on to the front tyre and grip is scarce .
16 Logging is still carried on in some areas .
17 The design is carefully stencilled on to the fabric , then embroidered and the pattern cut out by hand to produce bed linen of the very highest quality .
18 This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work .
19 A buffet style breakfast is also laid on for all our club Choice clients .
20 Using a script command , the user is automatically logged on to the appropriate host once an application is chosen .
21 This position means that a shadow is inevitably thrown on to the working surface .
22 Our own sonar is now locked on to this device and the sonar room has suddenly become the focal centre of interest in the Kilcharran .
23 The business is now carried on by the sons of the original proprietor who trade under the name of ‘ Joseph Wright & Sons , ’ and employ from six to seven hundred men .
24 THE pastime of hurling plates around tavernas is now frowned on by Greek authorities .
25 Psychological work like Gilligan 's , which is liberal , but anchored in a coherent disciplinary tradition , is often fastened on with enthusiasm .
26 Remove the skin from chicken and poultry before eating it , if it has not been removed before cooking ( it is often kept on during cooking to impart flavour ) .
27 This responsibility is often taken on by the detergent suppliers who takes care of the chemicals , dosing equipment and the minor repairs and adjustments on the machine .
28 Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk .
29 Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk .
30 Tuberculosis spreads easily and it is often passed on from older members of the family to the children .
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